Solution chemistry: phase behavior, intermolecular interactions and microstructure of ionic liquid systems

Design and synthesis of functional materials and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis

Electrosynthesis of materials and electrocatalysis

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09/2007-07/2011 Shandong University (Bachelor)

09/2011-07/2016 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Doctor)

   

02/2017-11/2020 Postdoc, The University of Manchester; Research Fellow, Royal Society

06/2021-now Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

   

1.    Jiapeng Jiao, Xinchen Kang,* Jiahao Yang, Shuaiqiang Jia, Yaguang Peng, Shiqiang Liu, Chunjun Chen, Xueqing Xing, Mingyuan He, Haihong Wu,* Buxing Han,*Steering the reaction pathway of CO₂electroreduction by tuning the coordination number of copper catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15917-15925.

2. Yingying Cheng, Shiqiang Liu, Jiapeng Jiao, Meng Zhou, Yiyong Wang, Xueqing Xing, Zhongjun Chen, Xiaofu Sun, Qinggong Zhu, Qingli Qian, Congyang Wang, Huizhen Liu, Zhimin Liu, Xinchen Kang,* Buxing Han,* Highly efficient electrosynthesis of glycine over an atomically dispersed iron catalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 10084-10092.

3. Pei Zhang, Meng Zhou, Shiqiang Liu, Xueqing Xing, Jiahao Yang, Peng Chen, Yaoyu Yin, Yingying Cheng, Xing Tong, Jun Ma, Qinggong Zhu, Xiaofu Sun, ZhongJun Chen, Xinchen Kang,* Buxing Han,* Tuning the surface field by embedding cations into metals to direct the reaction pathway of CO₂ electroreduction, CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 631-640.

4. Fangfang Peng, Junfeng Xiang, Huisheng Qin, Bingfeng Chen, Ran Duan, Wenling Zhao, Shiqiang Liu, Tianbin Wu, Wenli Yuan, Qian Li, Jikun Li,* Xinchen Kang,* and Buxing Han,* Selective electrochemical oxidation of benzylic C−H to benzylic alcohols with the aid of imidazolium radical mediators, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 23905-23909.

5. Yaoyu Yin, Yaguang Peng, Meng Zhou, Pei Zhang, Yingying Cheng, Peng Chen, Xueqing Xing, Xiaoxue Ma, Qinggong Zhu, Xiaofu Sun, Qingli Qian, Xinchen Kang,* Buxing Han,* Highly efficient zinc electrode prepared by electro-deposition in a salt-induced pre-phase separation region solution, Sci. Bull. 2023, 68, 2362-2369.

6. Jiahao Yang, Xinchen Kang,* Jiapeng Jiao, Xueqing Xing, Yaoyu Yin, Shuaiqiang Jia, Mengen Chu, Shitao Han, Wei Xia, Haihong Wu, Mingyuan He, Buxing Han,* Ternary ionic liquid-based electrolyte enables efficient electro-reduction of CO₂ over bulk metal electrodes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11512-11517.

7. Pei Zhang, Xinchen Kang,* Liming Tao, Lirong Zheng, Junfeng Xiang, Ran Duan, Jikun Li, Peng Chen, Xueqing Xing, Guang Mo, Zhonghua Wu, Buxing Han,* A new route for the rapid synthesis of metal-organic frameworks at room temperature, CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 1462-1469.

8. Xinchen Kang, Lili Li, Alena Sheveleva, Xue Han, Jiangnan Li, Lifei Liu, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. McInnes, Buxing Han,* Sihai Yang* and Martin Schröder,* Electro-reduction of CO₂ at low over-potential at a metal-organic framework decorated cathode, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 5464.

9. Xinchen Kang, Bin Wang, Kui Hu, Kai Lyu, Xue Han, Ben F. Spencer, Mark D. Frogley, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. McInnes, Robert A. W. Dryfe, Buxing Han,* Sihai Yang* and Martin Schröder,* Quantitative electro-reduction of CO₂to liquid fuel over electro-synthesised metal-organic frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17384-17392.

10. Xinchen Kang,Kai Lyu, Lili Li, Jiangnan Li, Louis Kimberley, Bin Wang, Lifei Liu, Yongqiang Cheng, Mark D. Frogley, Svemir Rudić, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Robert A.W. Dryfe, Buxing Han, Sihai Yang,* Martin Schröder,* Integration of mesopores and crystal defects in metal-organic frameworks via templated electrosynthesis, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 4466.

11. Xinchen Kang, Xiaofu Sun, Xiaoxue Ma, Pei Zhang, Zhanrong Zhang, Qinglei Meng, Buxing Han,* Synthesis of hierarchical porous metals using ionic-liquid-based media as solvent and template, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12683-12686.

12. Xinchen Kang, Huizhen Liu, Minqiang Hou, Xiaofu Sun, Hongling Han, Tao Jiang, Buxing Han,* Synthesis of supported ultrafine non-noble subnanometer-scale metal particles derived from metal-organic frameworks as highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1080-1084.

13. Xinchen Kang, Xiaofu Sun, Buxing Han,* Synthesis of functional nanomaterials in ionic liquids, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 1011-1030.

14. Xinchen Kang, Jianling Zhang, Wenting Shang, Tianbin Wu, Peng Zhang, Buxing Han,* Zhonghua Wu, Guang Mo, Xueqing Xing, One-step synthesis of highly efficient nanocatalysts on the supports with hierarchical pores using porous ionic liquid-water gel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3768-3771.